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A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot start until a predecessor activity has finished. For example, installing the operating system on a PC (successor) cannot start until the PC hardware is assembled (predecessor).

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Finish-to-start (FS).

2
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A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot finish until a predecessor activity has finished. For example, writing a document (predecessor) is required to finish before editing the document (successor) can finish.

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Finish-to-finish (FF).

3
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A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot start until a predecessor activity has started. For example, level concrete (successor) cannot begin until pour foundation (predecessor) begins.

A

Start-to-start (SS).

4
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A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot finish until a predecessor activity has started. For example, a new accounts payable system (successor) has to start before the old accounts payable system can be shut down (predecessor).

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Start-to-finish (SF).

5
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In PDM, _______ is the most commonly used type of precedence relationship.

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FS

6
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The _______ relationship is very rarely used, but is included to present a complete list of the PDM relationship types.

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SF

7
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_________ loops are also not recommended in logical relationships.

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Closed

8
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_____ activities can have two logical relationships at the same time (for example, SS and FF). Multiple relationships between the same activities are not recommended, so a decision has to be made to select the relationship with the highest impact.

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Two